SHANNON. Shannon Inundations. Remarks and Observations on the Evidence given by J. F. Bateman, Esq., C.E., before the Select Committee of the House of Commons, in 1868.

Drop-head title. Folio. Four pages, printed on all sides. No publisher or printer. Very good.
John Frederick La Trobe Bateman FRSE FRS MICE FRGS FGS FSA (1810 - 1889) was an English civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry. For more than 50 years from 1835 he designed and constructed reservoirs and waterworks. His largest project was the Longdendale Chain system that has supplied Manchester with much of its water since the 19th century. The construction of what was in its day the largest chain of reservoirs in the world began in 1848 and was completed in 1877. Bateman became “the greatest dam-builder of his generation”. He also worked on water supply systems for Glasgow, Belfast, Bolton, Chester, Dublin, the Shannon, Oldham, Perth, Stockport and Wolverhampton, amongst many others. He carried out projects abroad as well, including designing and constructing a drainage and water supply system for Buenos Aires, and water supply schemes for Naples, Constantinople and Colombo. In addition to the present Broadside he also wrote an Inquiry into the Extent and Causes of the Shannon Floods, Dublin: Thom, 1863.

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